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The Millennial Internet Is Dead, and Politicians Killed It.

Social media use is declining, and what's left has shifted from conversation to passive scrolling.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | Coming: From the November 2026 issue


A dessert landscape with social media logos laying in the sand | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: Unsplash, iStock
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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.

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